Hay-rack.



Patented Feb. I3, |900.

Nos 643,211.

E. TRDY.

HAY RACK.

nApplicution filed Dec. 14, 1899.

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(No Model.)

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EDVARD TROY, OF LAOEY, IOWA.V

HAY-RACK..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,21 1, dated February 13, 1900. Application filed December 14, 1899. 'Serial No. 740,341.. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD TROY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lacey, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Hay-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hay-racks.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of hay-racks and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one possessing great strength and durability and adapted to be readily applied to the running-gear of a wagon and capable of being coinpactly arranged for shipping and storing.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a hay-rack constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating the manner of connecting the front transverse bar with the longitudinal sills. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view illustrating the manner of interlocking one end of the front transverse bar with the adjacent sill. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of one of the pivoted sockets or holders of the standards. Fig. S is a transverse sectional view of one of theside portions of the hay-rack. Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view illustrating the manner of locking the rear ends of the side portions of the rack.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate longitudinal sills designed to be arranged on the front and rear holsters 3 and 4 of a running-gear and forming supports for front and rear transverse bars 5 and 6 and intermediate transverse bars 7. A supplemental bolster Sis interposed between the longitudinal sills and the front bolster, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the accompanying drawings, and this supplemental bolster is provided at its ends with brackets or plates 9, composed of horizontal and vertical portions and supported by a flange or web l0, which constitutes a brace, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The vertical portions of the brackets or plates 9 are arranged at the outer faces of the longitudinal sills and the horizontal portions extend beyond the ends of the supplemental bolster and are provided with notches 11 to receive the standards 12 of the front bolster 3, whereby the supplemental bolster is retained in place. The rear bolster 4 is provided with standards 12', and the longitudinal sills are provided with depending stops 18, consisting of L-shaped plates having their depending vertical portions supported by outer webs or anges 14. These depending stops abut against the front face of the rear bolster to prevent the sills from moving rearward on the running-gear.

The longitudinal sills are provided at their inner faces with loops 15, consisting of plates located adjacent to the lower edges of the sills and bent outward between their ends to form sockets for the reception of depending tongues 16 of horizontal cross-pieces 17. The depending tongues are formed by L.shaped plates secured to the lower faces of the cross-pieces 17; butyany other suitable means maybe employed for detachably interlocking the crosspieces 17 with the sills. The cross-pieces 17, which are arranged at intervals between the front and rear bolsters, form supports for a horizontal platform 18, consisting of longitudinal slats or bars and connecting transverse slats or bars 19, arranged in pairs at the lower faces of the platform and located in advance and in rear of the cross-pieces 17, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. By this construction the platform is detachable and maybe readily removed when desired.

The longitudinal sills 1 and 2 are provided at their outer faces with bars or irons 20and 21, projecting from their upper faces and adapted to be engaged by the front, rear, and intermediate transverse bars, which project from the side sills to support the longitudinal side portions 22 of the hay-rack. The

bars 20 are provided with perforations and are adapted to -be engaged by laterally-projecting pins 23, extending outward from inner blocks 24 and projecting over outer blocks 25, which are located at the bottom of the transverse bars at points below the laterallyuprojecting pins. The laterally-projecting pins permit the transverse bars to be partially rofated to arrange them in a horizontal posi tion over the bars 20, whereby the lower block 25 will be carried to one side of the irons or bars 2O to permit the pins 23 to be engaged with and disengaged from the said bars or irons 20. After the pin 23 of a transverse bar is engaged with the perforation of one of the projecting bars or irons 2O the said transverse bar is partially rotated to arrange it in a vertical plane to carry the lower block 25 to a point in front of the bar or iron 20, whereby the pin is prevented from becoming disengaged therefrom by longitudinal movement of the transverse bar. The bars or irons 2l of the other `longitudinal sill engage loops 26 of the transverse bars,and the perforated lugs or projections formed by the bars or irons 2O and the lugs or projections of the other sill may be constructed in any suitable manner. The vfront and rear transverse bars may be secured to the lugs or projections formed by the bars or irons 21 by means of keys 27 or any other suitable fastening devices, such as spring-catches or the like. The intermediate transverse bars do not require such Jfastening devices, as the side portions 22, which are interlocked with the end transverse bars by the means hereinafter described, retain the intermediate transverse bars in position.

Each side portion 22 consists of a pair of longitudinal slats or bars 28 and an intermediate slat or bar 29, terminating short of the rear ends of the slats or bars 28 to provide an open space 30 for the adjacent hind wheel, and a segmental guard 31 is mounted on the rear portions of the bars 28 and extends over the said wheel. The guard consists of a pair of segmental side pieces and a series of connecting cross-pieces, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the accompanying drawings. The bar 29 is supported at its ends by transverse plates 32, provided with depending rectangular portions 33, arranged in the space between the bars 28, and the rear ends of the latter are connected by a spindle-plate 34. The front ends of the side portions 22 are provided with longitudinal pins or projections 35, which engage perforated lugs 36 of the front transverse bar, and the rear transverse bar is provided with perforated lugs 37, extending through slots 38 of the plate 34 and engaged by fastening devices 39, consisting, preferably, of keys; but catches or any other suitable locking device may be employed. Instead of employing the depressed plates 32 cleats or any other suitable means may be used for supporting the longitudinal side portions of the hay-rack.

The hay-rack is provided with front and rear standards 40 and 4l, which are mounted in pivoted holders or sockets 42, consisting of plates provided at their upper and lower ends with loops 43 and pivoted between their ends by suitable fastening devices 44. The upper portions of the plates are inclined, and the lower ends of the standards are beveled or tapered, whereby they are wedged in the pivoted sockets or holders. The front standards are provided at their tops with a loop or ring 46 for the reception of a pole, and the said front standards are locked in the pivoted holes or sockets by a hook 47, arranged as clearly illustrated in Figs. l and 2. The hook is hinged at 48 at a point above the upper loop of the adjacent socket or holder, and its bill engages a recess or hole 49 of the standard at a point immediately below the said upper loop. Thepivoted holders or sockets, which are mounted on the inner faces of the longitudinal sills, permit the front and rear standards to be swung inward to fold them or to be entirely removed from the hay-rack.

It will be seen that the hay-rack is simple A and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and that it is readily mounted on and removed from a running-gear. The various parts are detachably interlocked with one another, and the entire structure can be quickly separated and assembled and may be compactly arranged for shipping and storing.

l. In a hayrack,the combination with front and rear holsters provided with standards, a supplemental front bolster arranged on the said front bolster and provided with brackets having recesses for the reception of the standards of the front bolster, longitudinal sills arranged between the brackets of the-supplemental bolster and provided with depending stops located in advance of the rear bolster, and means for connecting the sills, substantially as described. A

2. In a hay-rack, the combination of the longitudinal sills provided at their inner faces with loops, cross-pieces having tongues for engaging the loops, a platform provided at its lower face with bars located in advance of the cross-pieces, transverse bars supported upon the sills, and the side portions arranged on the transverse bars, substantially as described.

3. In a hay-rack, the combination of the sills, perforated lugs mounted on one of the sills, transverse bars, inner blocks provided with laterally-projecting pins for engaging the perforated lugs, outer blocks located below the pins and arranged normally in position for engaging the said lugs, and adapted to be carried out of such position by partially perforating the transverse bars, and means for connecting the transverse bars with the other sill, substantially as described.

4. In a hay-rack, the combination of a support, a holder or socket pivotally mounted on the support and provided with upper and lower loops, and a standard arranged in the loops, substantially as described.

5. In a hay-rack, the combination of a lon- IOO IIO

gitudinal sill, a holder or socket consisting of a plate pivoted to the inner face of the sill and having an inclined upper portion, and loops arranged at the top and bottom of the plate, and a standard fitting in the loop, substantially as described.

6. In a hay-rack, the combination of a support, a pivoted plate mounted on the su pport, loops extending from the plate, a standard fitting in the loops, and a hook mounted on the standard and engaging the upper loop, substantially as described.

7. In a hay-rack, the combination with the front and rear transverse bars, of the side portion interlocked with the said transverse bars and composed of a pair of longitudinal bars, plates connecting the longitudinal bars and provided With depending bends, an in* termediate bar supported by the plates and terminating short of the rear ends of the 1ongitudinal bars, and a Wheel-guard mounted on the rear portions of the longitudinal bars, substantially as described.

8. In a hay-rack, the combination of the front and rear transverse bars provided With perforated lugs, the side portion provided at its rear portion with an opening and having a plate connecting the opening and slotted to receive the adjacent lug, a projection mounted on the front end of the side portion and engaging the front lug, a Wheel-guard arranged over the said opening, andV means for securing the rear end of the side portion to the rear lug, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD TROY.

Witnesses:

W. G. JONES, DANIEL RIEGEL. 

